Weapons and Wars

Japanese Battleship Yamato: Power, Pride, and Tragedy

Japanese Battleship Yamato: Power, Pride, and Tragedy A Floating Mountain of Steel Some war machines are more than steel — they become legends. The Japanese battleship Yamato is one of them. Conceived in secrecy, Yamato was the largest battleship ever built. Her colossal 18.1-inch guns could hurl shells heavier than a car across 26 miles. […]

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The first Mark I tank moves across the battlefield at the Somme. Soldiers look on in awe as the new weapon enters history.

The First Tanks: Armored Beasts of World War I

The First Tanks: Armored Beasts of World War I The thunder of artillery and the mud of the trenches defined World War I, but in 1916 a new and mysterious weapon rolled onto the battlefield: the tank. With their steel armor, caterpillar tracks, and strange, mechanical forms, the first tanks looked like something from a

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